'V that' - Construction 2

Name: the hint that construction
Description: A person gives information or states an opinion indirectly.
Verbs: hint, imply, insinuate, intimate
Example: …and he was hinting he'd like to sell out. (BNC)
Membership: communication; information
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Sayer; that-cause: Message
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